Sunday, March 23, 2008

Immuno in space

I love how the authors of this paper are looking to the future:

The development of T cells in newborns and young adults living in the microgravity environments of space or on other planets may therefore be compromised, leaving these individuals susceptible to infectious diseases due to their inability to develop a fully functional immune system.
Woods CC, Banks KE, Gruener R, DeLuca D. Loss of T cell precursors after spaceflight and exposure to vector-averaged gravity. FASEB J. 2003 Aug;17(11):1526-8. Epub 2003 Jun 3.

So...we no can has babeez on spaceshuttle. Yet.

But I really hate journals that force paper authors to stuff all their figures at the end. Figures should be put as close as possible to the relevant text so you don't spend half your reading time flipping back and forth trying to see what goes with what - major pet peeve.

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